On 20 December, Oman Air introduced its first service from Muscat to Copenhagen, with 2-weekly 737 MAX 8 flights. Unusually, the route stops in Baghdad in both directions, with fifth freedom traffic rights. The Iraq-Denmark market is an important reason why the route started. It is the oneworld airline’s only one-stop operation to Europe. Despite […]
January 7, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Oman Air is one of over 80 airlines with passenger flights between the Middle East and Europe. According to Cirium schedule data, it has the 16th-highest amount of capacity in 2025 and is the 13th-largest Middle Eastern operator. Some 653,000 one-way seats are available. This is up by 11% year-on-year, helped by the launch of […]
July 14, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Oman Air introduced flights between its Muscat hub and Amsterdam on Tuesday 1 July. The 5,505-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with the 350-seat 787-9 aircraft. The newest member of the Oneworld alliance has no competition between the two cities. Flight WY171 departs Muscat at 13:10 local time, arriving […]
July 9, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Oman Air introduced services between Muscat and Rome FCO on Friday 20 December. The 4,695-kilometre journey will be operated 4-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two capitals. Flight WY147 departs Muscat at 15:00 local time, arriving at Rome FCO at 19:30 […]
January 8, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Oman Air is not the biggest Middle Eastern airline, but it plays an important role in developing Oman’s ambitions as a business and leisure destination. Pre-pandemic the airline was serving 10 European destinations with non-stop flights from Muscat, the country’s capital. These were: Athens: 5-weekly Frankfurt: daily Istanbul IST: daily London LHR: 2-daily Manchester: daily […]
September 21, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis